“It’s Okay to be Scared”: Finding Hope Amid the Horror in Hell Followed with Us

Authors

  • Alice Huelskamp Kingman Middle-High School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62704/pztfb888

Keywords:

Andrew Joseph White, young adult horror literature, facing adversity, queer stories, gender diversity, trans identities

Abstract

The author reviews Andrew Joseph White’s novel Hell Followed with Us (2022), including a summary, potential for classroom relevance, and reflections on the importance of diverse queer stories for youth in turbulent and marginalizing times.

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Author Biography

  • Alice Huelskamp, Kingman Middle-High School

    Alice Huelskamp is a 2026 graduate of the secondary English education program at Wichita State University (WSU). In August, she will begin her teaching career at Kingman Middle-High School in Kingman, KS, while pursuing a master’s degree in English at WSU. She looks forward to teaching the strengths and diversity of literature to middle and high school students in rural Kansas, and she is extremely excited to build the biggest classroom library she possibly can. Alice can be contacted at aphuelskamp@gmail.com.

References

Kansas English, vol. 107

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Published

2026-06-30

Issue

Vol. 107 (2026)

Section

Young Adult (YA) Book Reviews

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How to Cite

“It’s Okay to be Scared”: Finding Hope Amid the Horror in Hell Followed with Us. (2026). Kansas English, 107. https://doi.org/10.62704/pztfb888